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De seer wonderlijcke, schoone, triumphelijcke incompst, van den hooghmogenden Prince Philips, Prince van Spaignen, Caroli des vijfden, Keysers sone : inde stadt van Antwerpen, anno M.CCCCC.XLIX

by: Grapheus, Cornelius Scribonius; Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, 1502-1550

Publication date: 1550
Topics: Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598, Royal visitors, Triumphal arches
Publisher: Geprint Tantwerpen : Voer Peeter Coecke van Aelst, gesworen printere by Gillis van Diest
Collection: getty; americana
Contributor: Getty Research Institute
Language: Dutch
Item Size: 181.7M

Imprint from colophon

Half-title within elaborate strapwork border: De triumphe vã Antwerpen

Scaled cuts by Pieter Coecke van Aelst depict ephemeral structures erected for Prince Philip's entrée of 1549. Leaves L1-2, hinged in at the centerfold, incorporate a double-page ill. that is extended with a third folded leaf tipped on L2 at the right margin

Signatures: A-H J K L² M-O

BM STC Dutch and Flemish, 1470-1600

Binding: old calfskin, rebacked and repaired. Tooled in blind with fillets and a roll incorporating medallions. Holes for two pairs of ties at foredge

Centered on front free endpaper is armorial bookplate of William Stirling

Photocopy available